Recenzja: Mirosława Hanusiewicz, Pięć stopni miłości. O wyobraźni erotycznej w polskiej poezji barokowej. Warszawa 2004
A review of: Mirosława Hanusiewicz, Pięć stopni miłości. O wyobraźni erotycznej w polskiej poezji barokowej. Warszawa 2004

Summary/Abstract: The review discusses Mirosława’s Hanusiewicz’s book "Pięć stopni miłości" (Five degrees of love) on Polish Baroque erotic poetry. The goal of the book was to present Baroque images of sensual love, and the poetic material helps to settle the question of the 17th century comprehension of love. The key of the book’s considerations is the title motif of the five degrees of love, putting the literary texts in order of such themes as a look of love, exchange of words, a kiss, a touch, and sexual act. The book, though not regarded as a synthesis, presents a broad 17th Polish pieces of love literature against French, Italian, and Dutch ones. As the book’s background, the author refers to preceding epochs – Antiquity, Middle Ages, Renaissance – due to which we learn about the roots of Polish Baroque love lyric poetry thus also helping to make comparisons and to value its originality.

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